'BAIT AL-FALAJ'
IOR/R/15/6/98, f 8
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1929. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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A sketch map of the proposed landing ground at Bait Al-Falaj. The map is part of a letter sent from Charles Stuart Burnett, Air Commodore, Air Officer Commanding, Iraq Command. The map shows that a portion of the landing ground requires levelling in place and that the water runways (Falaj holes) require concreting over, and the surface water diverted, besides other work to be done.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface.
- horizontal
- It is part of
- 58 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/6/98
- Physical characteristics
Materials: manuscript; ink on tracing paper
Dimensions: 435 x 340mm, on sheet 462 x 352mm.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/R/15/6/98, f 8
- Date(s)
- 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/6/98, f 8
- Title
- 'BAIT AL-FALAJ'
- Pages
- 8r, 8r:8v, 8v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Public Domain